charitable institutions
Groups helping others
Charitable institutions are organizations established to provide aid, relief, or services for public benefit rather than private profit.
The term encompasses hospitals, schools, religious organizations, foundations, and nonprofits serving the poor, sick, or otherwise disadvantaged.
Charitable institutions typically enjoy tax-exempt status and depend on donations: The estate was divided among several charitable institutions.
- food banksDonation-based hunger relief centers
- meals on wheelsFood brought to homebound
- scholarship fundsMoney awarded for education
- homeless sheltersTemporary residence for unhoused
- disaster reliefAssistance following catastrophic events
free clinics · literacy programs · church-run schools · goodwill mission · orphanages · youth outreach · tutoring services · soup kitchens · donation drives · coat drives · toy drives · almshouses · community centers · vocational training centers · after-school programs · hospices · animal rescue · thrift stores
- orphan careorphanages, orphans, foundlings, foster care, foster homes
- povertypoverty line, poor, poverty rate, impoverished, generational poverty
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For-profit organizations
corporations · private companies · hedge funds · investment banks · multinational corporations
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Illegal high-interest lenders
sweatshops · price gougers · profiteers · slumlords · monopolies
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